Language and decolonisation : an interdisciplinary approach / edited by Finex Ndhlovu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ndhlovu, Finex, 1970- editor.

Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J., editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and culture.

Decolonization.

Sociolinguistics.

Language policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.

Contents:

Introduction: Reframing the struggle for new decolonial futures / Finex Ndhlovu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Theories, concepts, debates. Multilingualisms in the Global Souths: shaping language scholarship in the Global Norths / Sinfree Makoni and Alastair Pennycook

Epistemic reconstitution of multilingualism: disrupting and levelling of linguistic hierarchies of power / Felix Banda and Kelvin Mambwe

Decolonising the linguistic encirclement of Africa / Finex Ndhlovu and Edwin Chris Odhiambo

Niche languages: decolonising language use through domain specialisation and linguistic harmony / Mohammed Zahid Akter and Arvind Iyengar

Decolonising competency-based assessment through autoethnographic approaches / Linda McIntosh

Written into being: colonial language epistemologies and the graphocentric straitjacket / Arvind Iyengar

Interrogating trickster discourse of coloniality in regimes of language testing / Finex Ndhlovu

Critical reflections, empirical studies, applications. Decolonising languages and literacies in education: the case of Kenya / Rose Njoki Mutuota and Mutuota Kigotho

Situating decolonisation of languages and literacies education in the South Pacific / Prashneel Ravisan Goundar

Unsettling coloniality of language: English in contexts colonized by other languages / Hamza R'boul

From spark to flame: decolonising linguistics and the creation of First Nations medical media / Glenys Collard and Celeste Rodríguez Louro

Coloniality and Australian Indigenous language interpreting in legal settings / Dima Rusho

The liberated libretto: engaging the operatic voice and the multilingual modes of singing / Paul Smith

From linguistic resistance to re-existence: Pretuguês as an anti-racist perspective on language / Joel Windle and Gabriel Nascimento

From post-revolutionary "glottophobia" to the bill against "accent discrimination": France's tortuous journey towards linguistic diversity / Valentina Gosetti

On the invisibility of Russian imperialism: Russian studies in the West / Tomasz Kamusella

KwaMunyasa: problematising coloniality of citizenship in Zimbabwe / Aaron Sigauke

Decolonising African migrant languages in the Australian market economy / Vera Williams Tetteh & Sithembinkosi Dube

Conclusion: Revisiting the true purpose of decolonizing knowledge / Finex Ndhlovu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781040039649 (electronic bk.)

1040039642 (electronic bk.)

Publisher Number:

40032406808

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